Yellow suitcase project

I've can't quite remember where I caught wind of this cute project* but do pop over and take a look. Not only does it have a really important message but I'm really in love with the suitcase, and the inverse writing on it. Lovely. You know, I'm a sucker for vintage luggage. Really. One day I will have a spare room and a stack of suitcases in it. Chest of drawers are so passe.

Anyway, some interesting info on that site, and pictures too.I've brutally stolen thier suitcase picture, which I (almost) never do, I hope they don't mind.




*I think it may well have been my friends over at jelly , another nice site to peruse.

I've been experimenting with a few things recently, as some of you know. I've always been sort of unhappy with limited edition prints, because I think the idea is that people might drive themselves into a frenzy and overspend worrying that it will go out of print (i see this a lot on the doll market). It makes me uncomfortable, which is why I have quite a lot of open edition prints; besides many people don't grasp limited edition and ask me to print off 'just one more' because they missed the edition. Please note: this is never going to happen. I am not a computer. I cannot make money unless in print lots at the same time of it's just too much work to clean,coat,  burn, proof and print just one screen; besides, it's immoral.

I am aware,however, many people like collecting limited editions for various reasons, and that's good too (so long as they are not bankrupting themselves!). Therefore I have devised the following scheme:

I will be printing a very small number of each new print on the most delicious cream Somerset 250gsm printmaking paper. After that, if I still like the print and feel like it, I will produce an open edition on heavy weight cartridge.

I'm also signing more and more of my prints with my hand carved animal stamps, which feels less egotistical to me.. so if you need your print signed  by me too, please email a reminder when you buy it.

here's the first! awful photos (summer has, once again, failed to upload) but it's quite pretty. I really love it. I hope it sells out so I can do an open edition of it :) The inspiration for this piece was my new tiny zine, The Hare that Flew

Underground daisy fox version 2

I've printed this months ago, but embarrassingly enough, I haven't gotten round to listing it till now. particularly bad because I promised someone who missed the first edition that I would make sure there was a better version in the offing. Sorry! Anyway, I much prefer this one. It's completely different... I love the sky and the colours.. and there's no crazy half tone. You can get it here in my shop, or in my etsy and folksy shops.

As per, I've not signed this except with my animal stamps, so if you want it signed in pencil, email me at the time of purchase. This one will be open edition, I think, before my system changes. More on that later.

This months faces

You'll be pleased to know I am back at work again, and working very hard.. though I have to say, I am branching out more into my hobby of painting doll faces. Basically buying my own dolls to paint was too costly, so it's better other people send me thiers to play with, and then I can use the proceeds too.. buy more dolls ;). Here are a few of the most recent face ups I've done for some lovely people.

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I've always enjoyed highlydetailed painting,though I don't really want to do photorealism in my own work. In fact, as a painter who tends towards too much detail I find the graphic nature of screenprinting liberating...... so long as my psychological need for tiny brush strokes is satisfied by really small brushstrokes.

If you have a resin, abs or vinyl doll that you think I could paint, you cann contact me here, through facebook or my shop, If you are a regular reader thats freaked out y dolls... sorry bout that. Try and keep the unsavory comments to a minimum though.

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But I am wild!



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I'm back on track. I'll update my folksy and etsy shops next week but my main shop is fully stocked!!

www.deborahchampion.co.uk

illo wings

Hare and crow sketch, originally uploaded by Champignons.

here's a little crow and hare sketch I did today for my graphic folk tale.

The hare that flew

The hare that flew, originally uploaded by Champignons.

Once there was a hare that died of a broken heart pining for a crow that lived on top of the hangmans tree whom she believed was her long lost twin brother so they buried her deep deep underground where tiny spiders sewed her heart with black thread and the hare stayed there till the spring when she burst out of the ground with such a violence that she took off and landed in the sky with the crow, where they lived together as stars for all eternity.

The end.